The Tides of 1979

The biggest joke in this book is that someone managed to sell the rights to a film for $70 million at a European film festival in the 1980s!

A standard Wrangler opening, formulaic copying from books—this kind of novel is getting a bit boring.

Written in a post-millennium tone, telling a story from the late 1970s.

The protagonist, a former educated youth, was offered a room by a kind-hearted villager. He offered money, but the kind-hearted person refused and then burned the money. What kind of logic is this?

She's involved with too many people in the industry, especially Jin Qiong; just seeing her makes me feel disgusted.

If you're a screenwriter, just focus on your core job: write screenplays, novels, and win awards. Writing so much about filmmaking is clearly a director's scriptwriting formula. Everyone starts out thinking they'll direct, but they end up being screenwriters.

Well, after reading the free chapters, all I can say is that the author, or rather the protagonist, is too pretentious. Author, you're not suited to writing entertainment fiction; you're better suited to writing political fiction. If you were to become an official, you'd be in your element, navigating life with ease and rising through the ranks with ease.

They'd rather rent than buy. They could buy it for 200 million, but instead spend 200 million to rent it for 10 years. In Hong Kong, if they raise the rent, you'll be dumbfounded.

17 Poisonings, what are you trying to be clever about? Instead of doing your job...

Why doesn't the lead actor direct and film it himself? It's not satisfying to always have someone else direct it.